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What will happened if I get married as a Filipino citizen in the Philippines and eventually became a US Citizen?

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I am a Filipino citizen residing in US as a legal resident. I plan to marry in the Philippines with my fiancee at the end of the year. My US Citizenship is in process (waiting for the interview) and I am expecting to be a US Citizen before our marriage. One of the requirements to get a marriage license in the Philippines if you are a foreigner is you need to have an Affidavit in Lieu of a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Marry. I could get this in the same day, but the marriage license would take us 10 working days before we can get wed. The wedding is in December 21st and I already booked a ticket on the 17th without any idea that this was a requirement, so basically we do not have time to wait for 10 days for the marriage license if ever I become a US citizen before we get married. 

One of our plans is to get a marriage license as a Filipino citizen, and eventually be recorded as a Filipino citizen on our marriage contract whether I become am a US Citizen in the process or not.

My question is: what will happen if I get married as a Filipino citizen in the Philippines and eventually become a US Citizen in the process? Are we going to have problems on filing the petition if we decided to live together here in the United States in the future?

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As a US citizen, you will petition your spouse for a CR-1 spousal visa. For the US citizen, it is not a problem. Just make sure you both are legally free to marry.

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10 minutes ago, thedagger1218 said:

I am a Filipino citizen residing in US as a legal resident. I plan to marry in the Philippines with my fiancee at the end of the year. My US Citizenship is in process (waiting for the interview) and I am expecting to be a US Citizen before our marriage. One of the requirements to get a marriage license in the Philippines if you are a foreigner is you need to have an Affidavit in Lieu of a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Marry. I could get this in the same day, but the marriage license would take us 10 working days before we can get wed. The wedding is in December 21st and I already booked a ticket on the 17th without any idea that this was a requirement, so basically we do not have time to wait for 10 days for the marriage license if ever I become a US citizen before we get married. 

One of our plans is to get a marriage license as a Filipino citizen, and eventually be recorded as a Filipino citizen on our marriage contract whether I become am a US Citizen in the process or not.

My question is: what will happen if I get married as a Filipino citizen in the Philippines and eventually become a US Citizen in the process? Are we going to have problems on filing the petition if we decided to live together here in the United States in the future?

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Does Phil allow you to hold both Phil & US citizenship simultaneously? 

 

You can get married, petition spouse for an F2a visa, and upgrade to CR1 as a USC. 

I-751 journey

 

10/16/2017.......... ROC package mailed

10/18/2017.......... I-751 package received VSC

10/19/2017.......... I-797 NOA date

10/30/2017.......... Notice received in mail

10/30/2017.......... Check cashed

11/02/2017.......... Conditional GC expired

11/22/2017.......... Biometrics completed

  xx/xx/xxxx.......... waiting waiting waiting

 
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